Re-Creating Medicine: Ethical Issues at the Frontiers of MedicineIn this important new book Gregory E. Pence looks at issues on the frontiers of medicine including gene therapy to produce 'brave new babies', cloning, human eggs and embryos for sale and experiments on human embryos. Pence argues that the conservatism of the medical establishment, the bioethics community, and the public at large has created shibboleths that impede improvements in our quality of life. |
Contents
Recreating Medicine by ReCreating Medical Ethics | 1 |
Recreating the DoctorPatient Relationship The Ethics of Cybermedicine | 7 |
Recreating Organ Donation The Case for Reimbursemnet | 33 |
Recreating Motherhood Buying Reproductive Help | 63 |
Recreating Children Choosing Traits | 95 |
Recreating Our Genes Cloning Humans | 119 |
Recreating Nature Patenting Human Genes? | 137 |
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Re-creating Medicine: Ethical Issues at the Frontiers of Medicine Gregory E. Pence No preview available - 2000 |
Recreating Medicine: Ethical Issues at the Frontiers of Medicine Gregory Pence No preview available - 2000 |
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